Find the field: (I need answers)


Find the magnitude of electric field at the center of the hollow sphere of which the shown watermelon-like slice is a part.

Assume the surface charge density of the curved surface to be unity.

17 comments:

  1. 1/2(pi)e ?
    e=epsilon not..(agar ki hogi to calculation mistake hi ki hogi..)

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  3. sigma/2(pi)(epsilon)
    sigma=surface charge density

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  4. none of you got it right...
    and i can't understand how you all got 'pi's in your answers...

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  5. first find the field at the centre of a semicircle

    it comes 2kQ/(pi)R^2 k=1/4(pi)(epsilon)

    then consider a small half-ring at an angle A with the horizontal

    let P be the surface charge density

    then 2kP(pi)(R)(R dA)/(pi)R^2 = 2kP dA
    now we take the sin and cos components and add them vectorially.

    E(x)=integral 0 to pi/3 2kP cosA dA

    E(y)=integral 0 to pi/3 2kP sinA dA

    squaring and then taking root

    E = 2kP = P/2(pi)(epsilon)

    what's wrong ??

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  6. a hemisphere can't be assumed to be made up of rings as you have described.

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  7. i think you are on the right track..yet, your answer is quite wrong...

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  8. 1/6e sounded better.

    whats your feild at the center of a uniformly charged hollow sphere of surface charge density 1???

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  9. hollow sphere k center pe to zero hi hoga..i used newtons third law to calculate it..
    lets say a charge q is placed a the center

    F(on sphere due to q)=k(sigma)[(4pi r2)/6 ]*q/r2
    now F(on sphere due to q)=F(on q due to sphere)=q*E(due to sphere at center)

    so E=sigma/6e
    (here sphere refers to that watermelon slice)

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  10. consider a hollow hemisphere
    electric field at centre is sigma/4e
    consider heisphere of 3 parts each of 60 degrees
    now, 2E sin30 + E = sigma/4e
    E=sigma/8e
    sigma=1

    E=1/8e

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  11. Assuming 3 slices so that angle at center is 180.
    Calculating field by integration its one component will cancel out and it is 1/2e (made a silly mistake previous time).
    For one slice due to symmetry it is 1/6e.


    Bhaiya please explain that conic one.i did not get it.

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  12. i meant hollow 'hemisphere' in my last comment..

    Kapil's latest soln. is perfect. Arun, you missed out the vector nature of fields, Digvijay, you too...

    The force on the spherical region wont be as easy to calculate...

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  13. dunno smtyms u jst find ways 2 evade pen n paper..(pen ppr se to hemisphere ki field nikalni padti na..!)..yeah i missed the vector nature..will take care next time onwards..

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